The Hushan Collection, ten volumes, was written by Wu Fu of the Song Dynasty. Wu Fu, courtesy name Ming Ke, self-titled Hushan Jushi, was a native of Xianju, Taizhou. He attained Jinshi degree in the second year of Shaoxing, and became a retainer of the Ministry of Rites, and served as magistrate in several prefectures. He retired as Zhixueshi of Longtuge. His deeds were recorded in History of Song Dynasty. When he was the proof-reading secretary of the royal decree of the department, he did not follow Qin Hui and was impeached. Later when the Jin Army approached Changjiang river, Wu suggested that there should be no retreat, and asked the emperor to stay in Jiankang, in the hope of returning to the Central Plains. When he was in power, he adopted policies that benefited the people. He was not just good at literary arts. However, Wu Fu is very talented for poetry. His poems are often like a tumbling wave or a gushing spring, and there are many surprising verses. Although there are occasional variations, the essence of the poems is completely different from the sloppy and decadent ones. For example, the poem “Elegy for Marshal Zongze” is particularly robust and broad, and it can be considered as being unique in his style. According to the preface of “Hushan Collections”, Wu Fu was born in the third year of Chongning of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (1104), not yet thirty years old at the beginning of Jianyan reign, but his poetry was already so strong and vigorous. Later on, he left his post and lived in idleness for about ten years, and when he was almost eighty years old, his poetic style gradually tended to be plain and natural. The poems such as “He Tao” were written at this time, and we can see Wu Fu's leisurely, clear and open mood in particular. In the poem “Sending Zhu Yuan Hui(Zhu Xi)” in “Hushan Collections”, it says,”Zhu Lao Fu Zi (the honorific name for Zhu Xi) has mastered the essence of teaching and education to the utmost. He still thinks to pass on to later students, tell them what they do not know. I have admired Master Zhu for a long time, and would like to go and visit him more often.” This shows that in his later years Wu Fu also wanted to preach his ideas through lectures. However, Wu Fu's poetry is an elegant expression, which is ultimately different from the genre of rhyming discourse. In the “Zhou Bida Collections”, there is a preface to the “Hushan Collections” by Wu Fu, stating that “Hushan Collection” consists of 25 volumes, “Collection of Long and Short Sentences” has three volumes, “Collections of the Others” has one volume, and “Memorials to the Emperor” has eight volumes. However, the “History of the Song Dynasty-Literature and Arts” states that “Hushan Collections” has forty-three volumes, one volume of Collections of the Others, three volumes of “He Tao” Poems, three volumes of Appendix, and eight volumes of “Dangtu Collections”. The the biography of Wu Fu in “History of the Song Dynasty” states that there are five volumes of “Memorials to the Emperor”, thirty volumes of poetry and literature. The number of volumes of “Hushan Collections” contradicts each other, but there is no way to verify it because “Hushan Collections” is lost. In Great Canon of Yongle, some of Wu Fu's poems were included according to the rhyme scheme, and now all these were collected and compiled into ten volumes of “Hushan Collections”, including the poems of “He Tao” with the preface by Zhou Bida in front. The “History of the Song Dynasty” describes Wu Fu's writings as majestic and solemn, which means that his miscellaneous writings outside of poetry is also worth reading. Unfortunately, part of the Great Canon of Yongle is missing, and only one “Memorial to the Emperor” and one preface were found, which were attached to the end of the ten volumes of the Hushan Collections. These are the articles written by Wu Fu that were probably preserved.
--General Catalogue of Si Ku Quan Shu by Yong Rong etc.(Qing Dynasty)